Online
image list for job-file HB-01035 of the
Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 1, at Chicago History Museum,
Research Center
The catalog record describing this job-file is below the image-list for:
Title: A. O. Smith research and engineering building in Milwaukee (Wis.), 1931 Sept. 15.
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View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035a.jpg
View A: Exterior, building at night, lit from within (from negative)
View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035b.jpg
View B: Exterior, building at night, outside of the building is lit (from negative)
View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035c.jpg
View C: Exterior, building at night, lit from within (from negative)
View G: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035g.jpg
View G: Exterior, corner of the building, lit from within (from negative)
View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035h.jpg
View H: Exterior, top two floors with two window washers on a scaffold (from negative)
View M: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035m.jpg
View M: Exterior, building at daytime (from negative)
View P: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035p.jpg
View P: Interior, conference room, table with 5 chairs and a telephone (from negative)
View Q: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035q.jpg
View Q: Interior, lobby
View R: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035r.jpg
View R: Interior, lab (from negative)
View S: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035s.jpg
View S: Interior, lobby or lounge (from negative)
View T: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035t.jpg
View T: Interior, lobby or lounge with a sitting area (from negative)
View W: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035w.jpg
View W: Interior, room with a table and 7 chairs, file cabinets (from negative)
View Z: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035z.jpg
View Z: View of the billowing smoke stacks from the window (from negative)
View A2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035a2.jpg
View A2: Lobby with tall ceilings, two chairs and a small table (from print)
View H2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035h2.jpg
View H2: Interior, mechanics, boiler room (?)(from negative)
View O2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035o2.jpg
View O2: Interior, lab (from negative)
View Q2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035q2.jpg
View Q2: Interior, lab with people working (from negative)
View U2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035u2.jpg
View U2: Interior, corridor (from negative)
View W2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035w2.jpg
View W2: Interior, large, open room with arched ceiling (from negative)
View B3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB01035b3.jpg
View B3: Interior, elevator doors (from negative)
ID#: HB-01035
Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.
Title: A. O.
Smith research and engineering building in Milwaukee (Wis.), 1931 Sept. 15.
Originals:
19 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 8 x 10 in.
28 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Summary: Includes
interior and exterior views of the A. O. Smith research and engineering
building in Milwaukee (Wis.). Exterior views show front and side elevations.
Some views are taken at night with the building illuminated from within.
Interior views show a double doorway, elevator doors, a lobby with an
illuminated floor pattern, a large open space, rooms with machinery, meeting
rooms, a room with long rows of drafting tables with men working, and
laboratories with chemists working. Photographed by Ken Hedrich for architects
Holabird & Root.
Forms
part of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection—Exhibit series.
Forms
part of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection—Holabird & Root series.
Details:
Views: A: Exterior, building at night, lit from
within (from negative); B: Exterior, building at night, outside of the building
is lit (from negative); C: Exterior, building at night, lit from within (from
negative); G: Exterior, corner of the building, lit from within (from negative);
H: Exterior, top two floors with two window washers on a scaffold (from
negative); M: Exterior, building at daytime (from negative); P: Interior,
conference room, table with 5 chairs and a telephone (from negative); Q:
Interior, lobby; R: Interior, lab (from negative); S: Interior, lobby or lounge
(from negative).
T:
Interior, lobby or lounge with a sitting area (from negative); W: Interior,
room with a table and 7 chairs, file cabinets (from negative); Z: View of the
billowing smoke stacks from the window (from negative); A2: Lobby with tall
ceilings, two chairs and a small table (from print); H2: Interior, mechanics,
boiler room (?)(from negative); O2: Interior, lab (from negative); Q2:
Interior, lab with people working (from negative); U2: Interior, corridor (from
negative); W2: Interior, large, open room with arched ceiling (from negative);
B3: Interior, elevator doors (from negative).
Subjects:
A.O. Smith Company. Research and Engineering (Milwaukee, Wis.)--Photographs.
Office buildings—Wisconsin—Milwaukee—1930-1939.
Research laboratories—Wisconsin—Milwaukee—1930-1939.
Lobbies—Wisconsin—Milwaukee—1930-1939.
Terrazzo—Wisconsin—Milwaukee—1930-1939.
Milwaukee (Wis.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1930-1939.
Form/genre:
Exterior views.
Interior views.
Cellulose nitrate negatives.
Gelatin silver prints.
Night photographs.
Added entries:
Hedrich, Kenneth A., photographer.
Holabird & Root (1928-1945)
Call# for originals:
HB-01035 PPL
HB-01035 PNN
